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Microemulsion-Based Vegetable Oil Detergency Using an Extended Surfactant

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Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

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This work examined the use of a single extended surfactant in the microemulsion-based detergency of vegetable oils. The results showed that good canola oil detergency (>80%) was achieved at 25 °C using a single extended surfactant (C14,15–8PO–SO4Na) at concentrations as low as 125 ppm, i.e., significantly lower than the surfactant concentration range of 500–2,500 ppm reported in other microemulsion-based detergency work. It was found that the maximum detergency (95%) was achieved in the type II microemulsion region. These results demonstrate that the microemulsion-based extended surfactant formulation is a promising approach for vegetable oil detergency at low temperature.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Geoff Russell and Victoria Stolarski, Sasol North America (Lake Charles, LA) for providing the extended surfactant samples. Funding for this work was provided by industrial sponsors of the Institute of Applied Surfactant Research at the University of Oklahoma: Akzo Nobel, Clorox, Conoco-Philips, Church and Dwight, Dow Chemical, Ecolab, Halliburton, Huntsman, Oxiteno, Procter & Gamble, Sasol North America, S.C. Johnson & Son, Shell Chemical; and by the Sun Oil Company Endowed Chair (David A. Sabatini).

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  1. Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Department, Carson Engineering Center, University of Oklahoma, 202 West Boyd, Room 334, Norman, OK, USA

    Tri T. Phan & David A. Sabatini

  2. Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering Department, Sarkeys Energy Center, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Room T-334, Norman, OK, USA

    Anuradee Witthayapanyanon & Jeff H. Harwell

  3. School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Institute for Applied Surfactant Research, University of Oklahoma, 202 W. Boyd, Room 334, Norman, OK, 73019-1024, USA

    Tri T. Phan, Anuradee Witthayapanyanon, Jeff H. Harwell & David A. Sabatini

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Phan, T.T., Witthayapanyanon, A., Harwell, J.H. et al. Microemulsion-Based Vegetable Oil Detergency Using an Extended Surfactant. J Surfact Deterg 13, 313–319 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-010-1184-9

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